Crazy Utah People

Lot's of cute pictures of our little Alex.

Ummmm yummy, I love to find my hand and basically attack it....

The buckles were undone because we were getting out of the car seat, hope none of you doubted us.

And a cute smile from the boy.

And lastly a shocking look.  We get this one whenever the red eye reduction flash goes off.

Christmas Festival

We drove up to a local state park and participated in their festival.  It was great fun.  There were about 15 different types of ornaments you could make, not to mention full bird houses, full size wreaths to make, and lastly free Christmas trees.  This is now a tradition, we were very excited to find it.

Okay so here is where the "Crazy Utah People" title comes into play.  Here we have our little car, with two, yes folks, two Christmas trees.  We got one for our neighbors.  But I really can't wait to get our new plates (waiting for them in the mail) because our bright orange Utah plates stand out.  I am guessing that people see this dinky white car with two huge trees on it, look at the plates and make a comment about the crazy Utah people.  Ah well!  

Alex and Me hanging out at the festival

At Home

Tara hugging her brother.  She loves him so much and is such a great help to me.  I don't know what I would do without her.  There are so many times I am chasing Morgan and she helps out with Alex.  What a blessing she is.

Another startled look from Alex.

And lastly, Eric took this picture of Alex and we both love it.  He likes to play with his blankets and is giggling more each day.  He is such a cute little kid and such a joy.

Just for Grandma

Grandma Sally asked for more pictures of Alex...so here is one from this week. From now on I will publish more.

Grammie Fun!

Here are a plethera of pictures from the past week.  My mom came to visit us and we went on a few adventures.  We went to the ocean, to an aqarium, a light house and hiking to waterfalls.  We also had a fire and roasted hot dogs and marshmellows...it was a fun time. 

Green Grass and Roses

So I am amazed by the weather out here. It is very nice and mild.  I have yet to experience the whole winter, but I am already enjoying it more than Alberta, Idaho and Utah....We have roses blooming in our front yard, they are almost finished, but last week this blossom came out.  I thought it was just beautiful.  We also are still mowing the lawn, crazy!!!!

Happy Birthday Mom

I just wanted to wish my mom a Happy Birthday on her day.  You are so very special to me and I am so happy, proud, and grateful to be your daughter.  You have taught me so much and have been such an example to me.  I really don't think you know how much I admire the person you are!  You are such a strength to me and my family, in so many ways.  I just want you to know you are loved by us and we appreciate all you are and all you do.  Have a wonderful day! We love our Grammie!!!

Sherry's 4th Birthday

The Poot's (Tara's word to describe a stinker, it is now a common household word.) Isn't my mom so beautiful.  To this day she has yet to age...I hope I can keep up with her.  People will be asking if we are sisters when we hang out.

Heather and Mom

On our trip to California in May.

Sherry and her mom, Shirley.

Sherry and her brother, Todd.  Aren't you freezing mom? And quite the face!

Sherry and her little boy, Matt (my awesome brother).

Young, cute Sherry.

Sherry and her Dad, two awesome hikers/golfers.

Christmas is Comming

So we copied my brother and posted this movie.  We watched thier movie too many times and had a good laugh, so we thought we'd pass it along.  Enjoy!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Random Happenings

Last night we had tacos, one of our favorite meals...we decided to take a picture or two...I know they are really classy.

Morgan not too happy about participating in the photo shoot. Oh well.

Taco Tara.  She loves hard shell tacos with cheese and sour cream.  What a character!

Refried Beans, YUMMM!

Eric/Dad? Is that you?

So this is Morgans outfit of choice yesterday. Yes we love the socks.  Grandma gave them to Tara and she loves them.  But apparently Morgan does too!  He wears them almost anytime he can, under his pajamas, to church (and yes the girls behind us were laughing at his socks), and all around the house.  What can you do?

My sister-in-law Honor wrote a comment on how a dirty child is a happy child.  I just thought I would document that for her.  She was 100% correct.  I love having a big fenced in yard.

My sleeping little angel, Alex.  Too cute!

Here is a picture of the kitchen area with Alex sitting in his bouncer.

Last Friday we had a fire outside and made dinner. It was a ton of fun! Here are Tara and Morgan.

And here is our Fire Master, Eric...what a guy!  Like our walmart clearance fire pit?

Here is Alex all bundled up. He liked watching the fire and was so relaxed he fell asleep.  Surprising?